copyholder
Example Sentences
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I feel what I owe you, and independently of this, I love you as a friend; indeed, so much, that I regret, seriously regret, that you have been my copyholder.
From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Cottle, Joseph
Most former voters and every leaseholder and every copyholder were excluded.
From Our Legal Heritage by Reilly, S. A.
This copyholder was undoubtedly the descendant of the Welsh serf of mediaeval times.
From Short History of Wales by Edwards, Owen Morgan, Sir
Now the English copyholder held his land subject to the customs of the manor; his dues and services were fixed by local custom both as regards their nature and amount.
From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by Munro, William Bennett
He must, I think, himself have been a copyholder in his day, so feelingly does he deal with the detriments of a champion-holding.
From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
